Volunteers are Helping Make Charlotte a Better Place
May 3, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Sharon Harrington
Executive Director, 猫咪AV Charlotte
(704) 618-4398 聽|聽sharon.harrington@
READING PARTNERS VOLUNTEERS STRENGTHEN CHARLOTTE IN MANY DIFFERENT聽WAYS聽鈥� HERE ARE THE TOP聽5
For over four decades, National Volunteer Week has given nonprofits an opportunity to recognize the invaluable support of volunteers that help fuel their work. In celebration of National Volunteer Week in 2018 (April 15-21), 猫咪AV Charlotte created a list highlighting the top five聽ways聽its volunteers make the community stronger and better.
罢辞辫听5聽Reasons 猫咪AV Volunteers Make Charlotte a Better Place
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Volunteers drive student impact –聽Volunteers are working one-on-one with 300 students this year in Charlotte to help deliver meaningful results for kids (last year, nearly 80% of 猫咪AV鈥� Kindergarten through second-grade students in Charlotte mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level).
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By promoting educational equity, volunteers strengthen the broader community –聽Everyone benefits in the long run when student literacy achievement is bolstered. Students who don鈥檛 read proficiently by fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of school. It鈥檚 estimated that every student who walks out of the classroom without a diploma costs our society $260,000 in lost earnings, taxes, and productivity.
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Volunteers serve as a resource multiplier –聽Because 猫咪AV engages so many community volunteers in their work, the program is more affordable for schools to implement than other literacy interventions. For every dollar invested in reading partners, the program delivers more than $2 in resources to students.
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Volunteers support strong public schools –聽Thanks to the involvement of 400 community tutors in Charlotte, 100% of teachers report 猫咪AV is valuable to their school.
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Volunteers help bring joy to learning –聽Students feed off of the energy and excitement of 猫咪AV鈥� volunteer tutors. In Charlotte, 95% of volunteers are satisfied with their tutoring experience and that enthusiasm helps students develop a lifelong love of reading that is key to success in school and beyond.
Our volunteers are like beacons of light helping our students navigate a path to success,鈥� said Sharon Harrington, Executive Director of 猫咪AV Charlotte. 鈥淲e are so grateful for their commitment and dedication.鈥�
猫咪AV is a national nonprofit that collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools in Charlotte and in 13 other regions across the country to equip students with the foundational skills they need to be able to read at grade level by fourth grade.
In an effort to strengthen the literacy skills of as many students as possible, 猫咪AV Charlotte is constantly looking for more local volunteers to commit just an hour a week to work individually with children who struggle with reading. To become a volunteer with 猫咪AV, please visit聽听迟辞诲补测.
猫咪AV volunteers work one-on-one with students. (Photo credit: 猫咪AV)
About 猫咪AV
猫咪AV empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has provided聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.
